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But Herod was not pleased with lying still, but sent out his brother
Joseph against Idumea with two thousand armed footmen, and four hundred
horsemen, while he himself came to Samaria, and left his mother and his
other relations there, for they were already gone out of Masada, and went
into Galilee, to take certain places which were held by the garrisons of
Antigonus; and he passed on to Sepphoris, as God sent a snow, while Antigonus's
garrisons withdrew themselves, and had great plenty of provisions. He also
went thence, and resolved to destroy those robbers that dwelt in the caves,
and did much mischief in the country; so he sent a troop of horsemen, and
three companies of armed footmen, against them. They were very near to
a village called Arbela; and on the fortieth day after, he came himself
with his whole army: and as the enemy sallied out boldly upon him, the
left wing of his army gave way; but he appearing with a body of men, put
those to flight who were already conquerors, and recalled his men that
ran away. He also pressed upon his enemies, and pursued them as far as
the river Jordan, though they ran away by different roads. So he brought
over to him all Galilee, excepting those that dwelt in the caves, and distributed
money to every one of his soldiers, giving them a hundred and fifty drachmae
apiece, and much more to their captains, and sent them into winter quarters;
at which time Silo came to him, and his commanders with him, because Antigonus
would not give them provisions any longer, for he supplied them for no
more than one month; nay, he had sent to all the country about, and ordered
them to carry off the provisions that were there, and retire to the mountains,
that the Romans might have no provisions to live upon, and so might perish
by famine. But Herod committed the care of that matter to Pheroras, his
youngest brother, and ordered him to repair Alexandrium also. Accordingly,
he quickly made the soldiers abound with great plenty of provisions, and
rebuilt Alexandrium, which had been before desolate.

Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.

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